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The Maryland-based biotech company Novavax reported Monday that its experimental Covid-19 vaccine is safe and 100 percent effective against moderate to severe disease. The company has already completed a Phase 3 trial in the U.K., but the U.S. trial results are required to apply for emergency use authorization in this country. The Novavax vaccine is given in two doses, 21 days apart. The Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines all work by providing genetic instructions for the body to build the coronavirus's spike protein, which the immune system learns to recognize and fight. The Novavax vaccine can be stored in standard refrigerator temperatures.

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☆ Novavax Covid-19 Vaccine Is 90% Effective in Key Study
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Peter Loftus | ) www.wsj.com + 0.00 time to read: +10 min

Despite the study results, Novavax said it needs much of that time to ensure that its manufacturing processes meet regulatory standards. Novavax started its late-stage, or Phase 3, trial of the Covid-19 vaccine in late December. Novavax said that the vaccine was 93.2% effective combined against the variants of concern and variants of interest in the study. One challenge conducting the study, Novavax said, was the availability of authorized vaccines. In all, about 5,000 people dropped out of the study, Novavax said, meaning the Covid-19 cases that were used to determine efficacy occurred among the remaining 25,000 study subjects, Dr. Glenn said.

Persons: Novavax, ”, Gregory Glenn, T.J, Kirkpatrick, Stanley Erck, Erck, Biden, Johnson, wasn’t, Glenn, Peter Loftus Organizations: Novavax Inc, Wall, Health, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, Pfizer Inc, Moderna Inc, Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, FDA, D.C, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson, AstraZeneca, National Institutes of Health, peter.loftus Locations: U.S, Mexico, Gaithersburg, Md, China, Covid, Washington, Chile, Brazil, India

☆ Indian shares end higher as Reliance gains; inflation data in focus
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File PhotoBENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian shares closed higher on Monday, boosted by conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd and software major Infosys Ltd, while investors eyed more inflation data due later in the day. The blue-chip NSE Nifty 50 index ended 0.08% higher at 15,811.85, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex rose 0.15% to 52,551.53 at close. In Mumbai trading, Reliance Industries and Infosys were among the top performers on the Nifty 50, gaining 1.4% and 0.9%, respectively. Reliance shares have gained in five of the last eight sessions. Limiting gains was top Nifty 50 loser Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd, which slumped 8.5%.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Lupin Organizations: REUTERS, Reliance Industries Ltd, Infosys Ltd, BSE, Reliance Industries, Infosys, Reliance, Economic, Ltd, National Securities Depository Ltd, Economic Times, Adani Enterprises, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, U.S Locations: Mumbai, India, BENGALURU, U.S, New Jersey, U.S . Federal

REUTERS/Athit PerawongmethaA series of coronavirus outbreaks in Thai factories is raising concerns that the export sector could be hit hard, threatening to further undermine an economy as it struggles to recover from the pandemic's crippling blow to the crucial tourism industry. “If it continues the damage will increase so factories have to be fully vaccinated,” he said. Instant noodle maker, Thai President Foods Pcl (TFMAMA.BK) closed a factory that produces rice vermicelli and rice noodle. BUBBLE-AND-SEAL IMPACTThe government has been trying to contain the outbreak with a "bubble and seal" policy, which takes effect in when 10% of factory workers are infected. A government official defended the bubble and seal policy, saying it allows businesses to continue operations and limits the outbreak.

Persons: Kriengkrai Thiennukul, ”, “, Suthasinee Kaewleklai, Suthasinee, Taweesap Siraprapasiri Organizations: REUTERS, Electronics, of Thai Industries, Reuters, Thai President Foods Pcl, Workers, Migrant Workers Rights Network, Industry Ministry, Thomson Locations: Bangkok, Thailand

☆ Opinion | Feeding the Hungry, One Wholesome Meal at a Time
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Margaret Renkl | ) www.nytimes.com + 1.00 time to read: +2 min

This city’s meteoric growth has made it even more difficult for people living below the poverty line. According to a new report from Mayor John Cooper’s Affordable Housing Task Force, nearly half of all Nashville renters pay more for housing than the maximum percentage of income recommended by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The city has already implemented plans to triple investment in affordable housing, but it will be a very long time before affordable housing is within reach for all Nashvillians. And she has been writing about the experience, even as the tumor has taken away her ability to read. She shares unvarnished accounts of the indignities of cancer, and cancer treatment, but invariably her essays are also deeply felt and beautifully rendered meditations on the gifts — yes, the gifts — of struggle.

Persons: John, Tallu Schuyler Quinn, Quinn Organizations: Force, U.S . Department of Housing, Urban Development, Nashville Food Locations: Nashville

☆ Novavax says its Covid vaccine is 90% effective, plans to submit data to FDA in third quarter
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Berkeley Lovelace Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed Novavax logo in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. Additionally, the two-dose vaccine was found to be 100% effective in preventing moderate and severe disease and 93% effective against some variants, Novavax said. The new data comes as federal officials say the U.S. has more than enough doses of Covid vaccines to finish vaccinating the entire American population. It's possible the U.S. could end up donating doses of the Novavax vaccine. Novavax said Monday it remains on track to reach manufacturing capacity of 100 million doses per month by the end of the third quarter and 150 million doses per month by the fourth quarter of 2021.

Persons: Novavax, Dr, Gregory Glenn, Johnson, Biden Organizations: Biotech, Food and Drug Administration, Alpha, FDA, Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson, Centers for Disease Control, U.S, White House, Defense, AstraZeneca, Sanofi, Novavax Locations: United States, Mexico, U.S

☆ Fashion moves to the centre of activist crosshairs
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Aimee Donnellan | ) www.reuters.com + 0.00 time to read: +3 min

Fast fashion is moving into activist crosshairs. Retailers like Adidas and ASOS could be sitting ducks for activists’ intent on a greener future. A shift to online shopping has meant fewer items returning to stores to be recycled. Retailers are also collecting used clothes in stores and using fewer chemicals in their production processes. - The RSA analysed a sample of 10,000 items added to websites from PrettyLittleThing, Missguided, ASOS and Boohoo found some stores only contained 1% recycled fabric.

Persons: crosshairs, Zara, Inditex, Ortega, Persson, Tham, Sweden’s, Boohoo Organizations: Oxford, Retailers, Adidas, McKinsey, UBS, Recycling, Oil . Senior, Exxon Mobil, British Foods, Wittington Investments, Royal Society for Arts Manufactures, Commerce, Next, Abercrombie, Fitch Locations: London, Britain, Spain

☆ Novavax Offers U.S. a Fourth Strong Covid-19 Vaccine
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Carl Zimmer | ) www.nytimes.com sentiment -0.77 time to read: +1 min

In the 29,960-person trial, the vaccine demonstrated an overall efficacy of 90.4 percent, on par with the vaccines made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, and higher than the one-shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson. The Novavax vaccine showed an efficacy of 100 percent at preventing moderate or severe disease. Despite these impressive results, the vaccine’s future in the United States is uncertain and it might be needed more in other countries. Novavax says it may not seek emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration until the end of September. The company’s chief executive, Stanley Erck, acknowledged in an interview that Novavax would probably win its first authorization elsewhere.

Persons: Johnson, Stanley Erck, Novavax Organizations: U.S ., Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson, Food and Drug Administration, European Union Locations: American, United States, Mexico, Britain, India, South Korea

☆ Novavax says its coronavirus vaccine was 90% effective in a large trial, moving the shot a step closer to widespread use
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

Novavax said its coronavirus vaccine was 90% effective at preventing COVID-19. The biotech company Novavax said on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine succeeded in a final-stage clinical trial, demonstrating 90% efficacy at preventing COVID-19. It remains to be seen how the Novavax vaccine will be used in the US immunization campaign. Among the most vulnerable population — including older people and those with frequent exposure to the virus — Novavax's vaccine was 91% effective. Despite the uncertainty surrounding its use in the US, Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine program has been a remarkable and unlikely success story.

Persons: Novavax, Stanley Erck, Johnson, AstraZeneca's, Read, Rhonda Flores, Andrew Caballero, Reynolds, Novavax's, Bill Gates Organizations: Moderna, Pfizer, BioNTech, Centers for Disease Control, pharma, US Food and Drug Administration, AFP, Coalition for Locations: COVID, Mexico, Maryland, South Africa, Gaithersburg , Maryland

☆ Moscow orders new restrictions as Covid-19 infections soar in the city
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

MOSCOW — Moscow's mayor on Saturday ordered a week off for some workplaces and imposed restrictions on many businesses to fight coronavirus infections that have more than doubled in the past week. The national coronavirus task force reported 6,701 new confirmed cases in Moscow, compared with 2,936 on June 6. Although Russia was the first country to deploy a coronavirus vaccine, its use has been relatively low; many Russians are reluctant to get vaccinated. President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said 18 million Russians have received the vaccine — about 12% of the population. For the entire pandemic period, the task force has reported nearly 5.2 million infections in the country of about 146 million people, and 126,000 deaths.

Persons: Sergei Sobyanin, Vladimir Putin, Rosstat Organizations: MOSCOW — Moscow's, Saturday, ”, Food Locations: Moscow, Russian, takeout, Russia

☆ A federal judge just ruled against over 100 Houston hospital workers who will be fired if they don't get the COVID-19 vaccine
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( Michelle Mark | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +4 min

A federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by over 100 Houston Methodist employees. The judge said the workers were not being forced or coerced to take a vaccine. A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit from more than 100 hospital employees who sued Houston Methodist over its policy requiring all staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The hospital has already suspended 178 workers who have missed the vaccine deadlineThe exterior of the Houston Methodist Hospital is seen on June 09, 2021 in Houston, Texas. In a statement to Insider, Houston Methodist's president and CEO, Dr. Marc Boom, praised the hospital system's 26,000 employees who received the vaccine.

Persons: Lynn Hughes, Hughes, Jared Woodfill, Woodfill, Brandon Bell, Johnson, Marc Boom Organizations: Houston Methodist, COVID, Houston Methodist Hospital, Getty, Brandon Bell Houston Methodist, US Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Pfizer, BioNTech, Moderna, Houston Locations: Nuremberg, Houston , Texas

☆ Fred DeLuca ran Subway like a titan, sleeping with franchisees' wives, micromanaging, and penny-pinching. Insiders say he set it up for failure.
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( Matt Turner | Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

DeLuca devised a system that gave him the final say and even philandered with some franchisees' wives, two sources said. The class sizes were significantly smaller than other Val Verde schools, and it offered dedicated evening study sessions overseen by faculty. And even though it was largely staffed by Val Verde teachers and administrators, it was actually a boarding school. And even though it conferred a Val Verde diploma to graduates, Pegasus California School was really a private academy exclusively serving Chinese students in Qingdao, China. Read our full exclusive report on Pegasus California School here:Also read:Finally, here are some headlines you might have missed last week.

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☆ Covid Live Updates: U.S. Testing Decline May Hamper Ability to Track Outbreaks
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( Alexandra E. Petri | Jennifer Jett | ) www.nytimes.com + 0.00 time to read: +15 min

Testing Decline May Hamper Ability to Track Outbreaks Doctors in China report more severe cases in the latest outbreak. A health care worker holding a vial containing doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine in Union City, N.J., in March. advised Johnson & Johnson on Friday that it should throw out the equivalent of 60 million doses. decided that an additional 60 million Johnson & Johnson doses should not be used. If and when the factory is allowed to reopen, Emergent will only produce the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, and only under Johnson and Johnson’s direct supervision.

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☆ Judge tosses Houston hospital workers' lawsuit over vaccine requirement
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-13 | by ( Karen Freifeld | ) www.reuters.com sentiment -0.99 time to read: +2 min

An ambulance arrives at the Houston Methodist Hospital emergency room amid a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Houston, Texas, U.S., June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare/File PhotoA U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 workers at a Texas hospital over its requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19. U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes upheld Houston Methodist Hospital's policy mandating employees be vaccinated, in a ruling issued on Saturday. "Bridges can freely choose to accept or refuse a Covid-19 vaccine; however, if she refuses, she will simply need to work somewhere else." In a statement, Houston Methodist called the lawsuit frivolous and said it was pleased with the judge's decision.

Persons: Callaghan O'Hare, Lynn Hughes, Jennifer Bridges, Hughes, Jared Woodfill Organizations: Houston Methodist Hospital, REUTERS, COVID, U.S, District, Houston Methodist, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, The, Thomson Locations: Houston , Texas, U.S, Texas, United States, The U.S

Covid News: Judge Dismisses Houston Hospital Workers’ Lawsuit Over Vaccine Mandate Experts worry a steep drop in testing will making tracking U.S. outbreaks harder. Judge dismisses Houston hospital workers’ lawsuit over vaccination mandate. A health care worker holding a vial containing doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine in Union City, N.J., in March. That mistake is most likely to blame for Emergent’s discovery in March that a batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been contaminated with a key ingredient used to manufacture the AstraZeneca vaccine, the memo stated. decided that an additional 60 million Johnson & Johnson doses should not be used.

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☆ No Evil Foods, a vegan food company, laid off all its production employees after giving them an ultimatum last year about working through the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Charles Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com + 0.00 time to read: +2 min

In March 2020, a vegan food company gave workers an ultimatum: work through the pandemic or quit. On Friday, those who chose to keep working at No Evil Foods lost their jobs in a round of layoffs. No Evil Foods, which is backed by the same investors as Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods, received backlash last year over its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. No Evil Foods uses socialist-inspired branding, such as one fake meat product called "Comrade Cluck." No Evil Foods lost about 13% of its workforce last year after the ultimatum was given.

Persons: Mike Woliansky, Cluck, Sadrah Schadel, Weeks Organizations: Foods, Employees Locations: North Carolina

☆ S.Africa to analyse J&J vaccines made at U.S. plant halted over error
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +2 min

Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Johnson & Johnson logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic//File PhotoSouth African health inspectors will carry out further checks on a batch of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) COVID-19 vaccines following a contamination error earlier this year at the U.S. plant where the doses were produced, the health ministry said. "There is now a real possibility that they may not be, however this is for the regulator to rule on," a ministry statement said. read moreManufacturing at the Baltimore plant owned by Emergent Biosolutions Inc (EBS.N) was halted in April after the discovery that ingredients from AstraZeneca's (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine, also being produced at the plant at the time, had contaminated a batch of J&J's vaccine. read moreAn inspection by the FDA also turned up a long list of sanitary problems and bad manufacturing practices at the Emergent plant.

Persons: Johnson, Dado Ruvic Organizations: REUTERS, Johnson, U.S . Food, Drug Administration, FDA, Emergent Biosolutions Inc, Thomson Locations: U.S, South Africa, Baltimore

☆ More pets eating insect food to fight climate change for owners
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( Tim Hornyak | ) www.cnbc.com + 0.00 time to read: +6 min

"I would certainly consider feeding my dogs insects as a treat or training reward," says Laurie Dunbar, a veterinarian at Pierrefonds Animal Hospital in Montreal. Established in 2019, Yora introduced the first insect protein pet food sold in the U.K. Start-ups and long-established companies are introducing bugs to change the pet food market, which was worth some $42 billion in the U.S. in 2020, according to the American Pet Products Association. Phillip Cooper, PetIndustryExpert.comLast November, Nestlé introduced a Purina pet food containing fly larvae, plant and animal protein. U.S. pet food market

Persons: Laurie Dunbar, Sally Anscombe, Yora, Glenn Rankin, Robert Downey Jr, Protifarm, isn't, RaboResearch, Mars, It's, Phillip Cooper, PetIndustryExpert.com, Nestlé, Dan Smith Organizations: Animal Hospital, DigitalVision, Footprint Coalition, American Pet Products Association, Purina, Nestlé's, Strategic Business Unit Locations: Montreal, North America, Europe, Dutch, Germany, Mozambique, Philippines, U.S, Switzerland, Swiss

☆ Covid Live Updates: Moscow Orders Shut Down as Russia Battles New Wave of Cases
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( Anton Troianovski | Sarah Cahalan | ) www.nytimes.com + 0.00 time to read: +26 min

Live Covid Live Updates: Moscow Orders Shut Down as Russia Battles New Wave of Cases Doctors in China report more severe cases in the country’s latest outbreak. Now, with Western countries emerging from lockdowns, Russia runs the risk of entering a vicious new wave of the virus. The regulator, in a statement issued on Friday evening, said that Emergent BioSolutions had made those doses at the same time as other batches of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine that were found to be contaminated with the harmless virus used to manufacture the AstraZeneca vaccine. U.S. regulators have put the Baltimore facility under a microscope since March, when they discovered that a major production mishap had resulted in the contamination of a batch of Johnson & Johnson vaccines. Commuters this month in New Delhi, which has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

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☆ F.D.A. details failures at a Baltimore plant that led to unusable vaccine doses.
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-12 | by ( Sharon Lafraniere | ) www.nytimes.com sentiment -1.00 time to read: +1 min

A Baltimore factory that rendered useless 75 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson failed for weeks to seal off a preparation area for vaccine ingredients and allowed production waste to be hauled through the area, the Food and Drug Administration said in a memorandum analyzing the plant’s operations. The memo, posted on the agency’s website late Friday, offered the most extensive explanation to date of why regulators believe that tens of millions of doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine produced at that factory must be discarded. advised Johnson & Johnson on Friday that it should throw out the equivalent of 60 million doses. That brought to 75 million the total number of doses that cannot be used because of concerns about contamination at a southeastern Baltimore plant, operated by Emergent BioSolutions, Johnson & Johnson’s subcontractor and a longtime government contractor. The vaccine-making factory has been shut for the past two months while regulators determine the cause of contamination that ruined many doses, whether it is safe to reopen the facility, and what to do with the equivalent of at least 170 million doses of vaccine that Emergent produced for Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, another vaccine developer.

Persons: Johnson Organizations: Baltimore, Johnson, Food and Drug Administration, Emergent, AstraZeneca Locations: Baltimore

After a popular Filipino food truck was vandalized with anti-Asian slurs, the owners received unexpected help from Utah Jazz player Jordan Clarkson. "Emotionally, you just can't believe — we love Utah by itself, but when the community is just so loving. Clarkson also shared his plan to partner up with local companies to help re-wrap the food truck. Soon, the popular truck will once again serve Filipino food throughout the Salt Lake City area. At a recent news conference, Clarkson shared his feelings about attacks like the one on Pierce's truck.

Persons: Jordan Clarkson, Ben Pierce, Pierce, Brevin, Clarkson, Alex Goodlett, we’ll, Utah Jazz's Jordan Clarkson, Dan, That's Organizations: Utah Jazz, NBC, KSL, American, NBA, Jazz, Lakers, Clippers, Philippine, Layton Police, Facebook, Twitter Locations: Layton, Salt Lake City, Utah, America

☆ Pulitzer citation awarded to Minneapolis teenager who recorded George Floyd's death
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-11 | by ( David K. Li Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.99 time to read: +1 min

The Pulitzer Prize Board awarded a special citation Friday to the teen who filmed the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, touching off a summer of protests against systemic racism and police brutality. Darnella Frazier's video and courtroom testimony played key roles in the conviction of a former police officer, Derek Chauvin, for causing George Floyd's death outside of Cup Foods on May 25, 2020. Frazier was 17 when she took her cousin to the convenience store that fateful day and spotted officers on top of Floyd. Darnella Frazier, third from right, films as former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin presses his knee on George Floyd's neck in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. Minneapolis Police Department via AP fileShe was among several bystanders who pleaded with Chauvin and other officers as Floyd moaned and begged for his life.

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Ahead of the holiday, the retailer launched its Father’s Day gift hub, which breaks down gifts into popular categories like gaming, fashion, grooming and personal care, tech on the go, sports and plenty more. To give you an idea of what the retailer has in store for Father's gifts, here are some of the best gifts Amazon has to offer for Father’s Day — whether they’re tech savvy, avid gamers or home chefs. Best Father’s Day gifts on AmazonTo help save you time from scrolling through the thousands of gift ideas on Amazon, we narrowed in on 15 highly rated Father’s Day gift options worth considering for your favorite father figures. Give the father figure in your life the power to choose his own gift with an Amazon gift card. This Father’s Day gift set includes a pair of heat-resistant silicone gloves and a thermometer with an LCD screen that alerts you the temperature has been reached within 10 minutes.

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☆ Unemployed in one of these four states? You lose your federal benefits this weekend.
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-11 | by ( Ben Popken Is A Senior Business Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com + 0.00 time to read: +5 min

On June 12, unemployed workers in Alaska, Iowa, Missouri and Mississippi will see their pandemic unemployment benefits shut off three months early, the first of 25 Republican-led states to slash federal benefits that would ordinarily expire in September. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020 provided a $300 weekly federal supplement on top of regular state unemployment benefits. Larry Hogan said in a statement June 1 as his state became the 25th to end the federal benefits. Combined federal and state unemployment benefits equal an average of about $650 a week, or around $16 an hour for full-time work. Oklahoma will cut off her family’s federal benefits on June 26.

Persons: It’s, Larry Hogan, ”, Jordan Motteler, can’t, Covid, “, ” Motteler, Sherry Pratt, ” Pratt, Andrew Stettner Organizations: Republican, Relief, Economic Security, American, Labor, Century Foundation, GOP, Food and Drug Administration, Federal Reserve Bank of San, Workers Locations: Alaska , Iowa , Missouri, Mississippi, Maryland, Oklahoma, Sherry Pratt of New Hampshire, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

The Wall St. sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 4, 2021. The S&P 500 (.SPX)traded just below a record high of 4,249.74, with heavyweight technology stocks serving as the largest boost. Sectors such as financials and basic resources, that stand to benefit from an economic bounceback this year, also supported the index. Investors scaled back expectations for early policy tightening by the Fed after May's consumer price data suggested a recent spike in inflation would be transitory. The S&P industrials (.SPLRCI) sector was flat on Friday, and was set to lose for the week.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Hogan, Peter Cardillo, Cardillo, Dow Jones, Joe Biden's, Stocks Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Reserve, National Securities, Fed, Spartan Capital Securities, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, U.S . Food, Biogen Inc, Dow, Cruise, Royal Caribbean Group, NYSE, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, New York

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